A grammar of Mbembe / / by Doris Richter genannt Kemmermann.

• VerfasserIn: Kemmermann, Doris Richter genannt,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (541 p.)
• Notes: "The present study was originally submitted under the title 'A Grammar of Mbembe' as dissertation to the Faculty of Arts, University of Cologne in March 2012. The oral defense was on the 23-05-2014."

A Grammar of Mbembe is a description of a little studied Jukunoid language which is spoken in the borderland of Nigeria and Cameroon. Present-day structures of different dialects are described and discussed with respect to diachronic developments. It is based on extensive fieldwork, but also takes into consideration previous work on Mbembe and other Jukunoid languages. The main topics in the chapters on the noun phrase and the verb and simple sentence structures are nominal classification and number marking based on Ablaut phenomena and tone, argument structure, and serial verb constructions. The remaining chapters cover phonology, complex structures, information structure and requesting information, and other word classes. This is complemented by example texts and a word list in the appendix.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonology -- 3 The Noun Phrase -- 4 The Verb and Simple Sentence Structures -- 5 Complex Constructions -- 6 Information Structure and Requesting Information -- 7 Other Word Classes -- Appendix 1. A Mbembe Story (Kuta Dialect, Mbande Village) -- Appendix 2. Palm Oil Production (Pɔ Akɔ Dialect, Akwaja Village) -- Appendix 3. History of the Village of Mpenchere, told by Chief Ekoi Ebechue (Berabe Dialect) -- Word List Mbembe (Kuta and Berabe Dialects) -- References -- Index.